"Lynn Jones didn't have a question ready. The 64-year-old veteran reporter for the Jacksonville Free Press was attending Jaguars coach Liam Coen's postgame press conference Sunday after his team's 27-23 playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills. Three other reporters had already asked game-specific questions when the microphone was passed to Jones, who was still looking at her notes and trying to figure out what to ask the first-year coach immediately after a heartbreaking end to the season."
"She ended up not asking anything at all. Instead, Jones spent 22 seconds of the six-minute news conference offering Coen words of encouragement and praise. Things like, "I just want to tell you congratulations on your success, young man" and "You hold your head up, all right? You guys have had a most magnificent season.""
Lynn Jones, a 64-year-old Jacksonville Free Press reporter, attended Jaguars coach Liam Coen's postgame press conference after a 27-23 playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills. She chose not to ask a question and instead spent 22 seconds delivering encouragement and praise, telling Coen to hold his head up and congratulating him on a successful season. Coen responded with gratitude and visible relief. Video of the exchange went viral and triggered debate over the place of compassion in press conferences and whether professional journalistic standards were compromised. Jones defended the approach as authentic and community-focused.
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